Anyone shooting 90 gr Varmint bullets in a 6.5 Creed?

[Larryh128]

Looking for a starting powder for these. Doesn't seem to be much info .

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

Looking for a starting powder for these. Doesn't seem to be much info .

Yes, i have been shooting 90 varmagedon and 90 tnt both. I like the varmagedon better. There are a lot of powder's that are applicable. All the load data from Hogdon/ 95 vmax data. Also nozler data. Barnes data. Speer data. As far as my recommendation, i had good accuracy with R19-48, H4350-48, varget-43, R17-48 ,hybrid 100-48. Imr-4451-48 , N540 is very good in my gun at 44 grains. Cfe223-not so good in my gun. N160-48+. All these loads were good in my 6.5 creedmore. Cfe223 not so much. But it could be great in someone else's.

 

[Larryh128]

Yes, i have been shooting 90 varmagedon and 90 tnt both. I like the varmagedon better. There are a lot of powder's that are applicable. All the load data from Hogdon/ 95 vmax data. Also nozler data. Barnes data. Speer data. As far as my recommendation, i had good accuracy with R19-48, H4350-48, varget-43, R17-48 ,hybrid 100-48. Imr-4451-48 , N540 is very good in my gun at 44 grains. Cfe223-not so good in my gun. N160-48+. All these loads were good in my 6.5 creedmore. Cfe223 not so much. But it could be great in someone else's.

Thanks Great info, EXACTLY what I was looking for.

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

Thanks Great info, EXACTLY what I was looking for.

Also want to mention i use norma brass because it has more case capacity than Lapua and Peterson. I filled the cases up with a tiny ball powder and tapped the cases to settle the powder so i could get an accurate measurement and the norma brass held 3 grains more powder than Peterson and about 2+ grains more than Lapua. Some people poo-poo norma brass but i absolutely love it. It holds up excellent even with high pressure loads. I also like the large rifle primer. I originally started with Lapua cases- sr. Primers but they will not reliably ignite ball powders even with sr. Magnum primer. - hangfire's !

 

[Larryh128]

Great info, thanks.